{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G3962",
  "lemma": "πατήρ",
  "transliteration": "patḗr",
  "definition": "a \"father\" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)",
  "kjv": "father, parent",
  "occurrences": 1717,
  "language": "Greek",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:22",
      "text": "But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 3:9",
      "text": "Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/3?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 4:21",
      "text": "Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, Jacob the son of Zebedee, and Yochanan his brother, in the boat with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 4:22",
      "text": "They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 5:16",
      "text": "Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 5:45",
      "text": "that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 5:48",
      "text": "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=48"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 6:1",
      "text": "“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 6:4",
      "text": "so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 6:6",
      "text": "But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=6"
    }
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